Labour market institutions, learning and self-employment.

Autor/inn/en	Malchow-Moller, Nikolaj; Markusen, James R.; Skaksen, Jan R.
Titel	Labour market institutions, learning and self-employment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen, Lernen und berufliche Selbstständigkeit.
Quelle	In: Small business economics, 35 (2010) 1, S. 35-52 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0921-898X; 1573-0913
DOI	10.1007/s11187-008-9147-5
Schlagwörter	Lernen; Gleichgewichtstheorie; Lohn; Lohnarbeit; Mindestlohn; Unternehmen; Arbeitslosengeld; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Berufswahl; Unternehmer
Abstract	"We develop a dynamic partial-equilibrium model to analyse how labour market institutions (wage compression, minimum wages, unemployment benefits, mobility costs and fixed-costs of self-employment) and learning affect who and when people become self-employed. We find that certain ability groups of workers become self-employed for both 'carrot' and 'stick' reasons: Some prefer self-employment to the low institutionalised wage, while others are not productive enough to qualify for a job at the institutionalised wage. Furthermore, wage compression and learning may give rise to a class of switchers who start in wage employment and later switch to self-employment. Several predictions of the model are consistent with observed empirical regularities, such as the existence of a group of low-skilled self-employed workers, the increasing propensity for self-employment over age groups and the larger spread in earnings among self-employed." Forschungsmethode: Theorieanwendung; deskriptive Studie. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/2